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Tech Talent Shortage Threatens U.S. Innovation Despite Record R&D Spending

Allwork

Attracting and retaining international students and talent also remains a priority. Therefore, ensuring a steady flow of domestic talent is expected to be a key focus for policy makers in maintaining the country’s competitive edge in innovation and technology in the coming years. As the U.S.

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Open competition launched to find design team for new museum of architecture and design in Helsinki

Workplace Insight

The Foundation for the Finnish Museum of Architecture and Design, Real Estate Company ADM, the City of Helsinki and SAFA the Finnish Association of Architects have launched an international, open design competition to find a design team for a new 10,050 sq m (GFA) museum building in Helsinki’s South Harbour.

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Is there ever a genuinely good or bad time for change?

Workplace Insight

This is why one of the first questions it is critical to ask yourself before you go to the Board or budget approval is why do we need to do it now, rather than in six months time or six months ago? What are people going to think and feel about what is proposed?

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Top 3 Recruitment Metrics Recruiters Must Look Into

Recruit CRM

It’s an invaluable metric that guides your recruitment budget. An accountant can review the organisation’s historical data and propose a budget for you, as they’re trained in financial reporting and advanced managerial accounting.

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It Takes Courage: Building Administrative Support Teams

Office Dynamics

We created a budget proposal for our human resources department, which was eventually approved, allowing us an annual budget to provide lunches to the attendees of the quarterly meetings. The budget also provides money to underwrite a portion of the annual conference.

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The Future of the Administrative Profession

Office Dynamics

By Joan Burge, Founder and CEO, Office Dynamics International. Training budgets were ample; opportunity for advancement sparkled like diamonds for the taking. Training budgets dissipated, opportunities dried up, and assistants had larger workloads without staffing backups. Propose ideas. Or are you getting a paycheck?

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Coping with car hire – When the best is expected

Practically Perfect PA

A shock as this might be, renting a Bentley for a hundred pounds a day is not possible, so try and have some idea of the realistic budget available for the journey. Whilst the budget might not stretch to the bosses preferred car of choice to impress a client, a suitably impressive alternative can be suggested. Drivers and Chauffeurs.